State v. Oakley

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

¶1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Oakley, 226 Wis. 2d 437, 594 N.W.2d 827 (Ct. App. 1999), affirming a judgment *530and an order of the Circuit Court for Sheboygan County, John B. Murphy, Circuit Court Judge. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals. David Oakley, the defendant, was convicted of witness intimidation in violation of Wis. Stat. § 940.43(3) (1997-98).1 The circuit court withheld sentence and imposed probation for a period of three years. One of the conditions of his probation was that the…